Nick Hector

scene of man swimming with shark from the documentary feature “Sharkwater Extinction.”UWindsor film professor Nick Hector won a national award for his work editing the documentary feature “Sharkwater Extinction.”

Prof swims away with film editing award

UWindsor film professor Nick Hector won a national award for his work editing the documentary feature Sharkwater Extinction.

Rob Stewart gets up close and personal with a tiger shark during the filming of Sharkwater Extinction. The film is produced and edited by UWindsor assistant professor Nick Hector. Rob Stewart gets up close and personal with a tiger shark during the filming of Sharkwater Extinction. The film is produced and edited by UWindsor assistant professor Nick Hector.

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Nick Hector faced a daunting challenge.

How do you take more than 500 terabytes of raw video footage and edit a documentary that honours the director’s legacy while holding true to his artistic vision?

“Rob Stewart was just so earnest and genuine and there was no artifice about him wanting to change the world,” Hector said, a University of Windsor assistant professor.